Armed conflict

Local News

Park Elementary lockout lifted as police respond to armed suspect on East Eighth Avenue

Incident did not pose immediate threat to students or staff; classes resumed as normal

April 27, 2022

Local News

Durango remembers the fallen on Memorial Day

Vietnam veteran grateful for young people serving now

May 31, 2021

Nation & World

‘Penance’ for Iraq war vote: N.C. congressman writes to families of dead troops

Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C. looks at pictures of the soldiers killed this century based in Camp Lejeune along a hallway…

October 29, 2017

Nation & World

Taliban attacks kill 58, nearly wipe out Afghan army camp

An Afghan National Army soldier searches a vehicle at a checkpoint on the way to Zhari district, where the Maiwand…

October 19, 2017

Nation & World

Al-Qaida set to gain as Islamic State disintegrates

This photo posted online Thursday by supporters of the Islamic State group on an anonymous photo sharing website, purports to…

October 18, 2017

Nation & World

U.S.-backed Syrian forces clear Raqqa after driving out IS

A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces on Wednesday defuses a bomb left by Islamic State militants at the stadium…

October 18, 2017

Nation & World

Kurds pull out abruptly from disputed Iraqi areas

People return back to Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday. Thousands of civilians are streaming back to…

October 17, 2017

Nation & World

Taliban launch wave of attacks in Afghanistan, kill 74

Afghan National Amy commandos open fire during a military exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday. The Taliban unleashed a wave…

October 17, 2017

Nation & World

Israeli military strikes anti-aircraft battery in Syria

The strike came as Russia’s defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, was visiting Israel. Moscow is one of the staunchest supporters of…

October 16, 2017

Nation & World

U.S., Russian militaries hold unprecedented talks on Syria

Syrian government forces, Russian special forces and U.S.-backed militants are all battling IS around the oil-rich Deir el-Zour province. The…

September 21, 2017

Nation & World

U.S., allies at key moment in fight against ISIS

Reconstruction plans being drawn up

July 21, 2016

Local News

In Iris Park, roses honor Afghanistan veterans

Memorial Day celebrations recall lives lost in armed conflicts

May 30, 2016

Local News

Youngest of Durango family of veterans buried in Greenmount Cemetery

Roybal men served their country

May 29, 2016

Nation & World

A veteran’s race against time

Vermont man seeks to return WWI Purple Hearts

May 29, 2016

Nation & World

Progress seen in Belgium terror probe as more attacks feared

Police in riot gear protect one of the memorials to the victims of the recent Brussels attacks, as right wing…

March 27, 2016

Nation & World

Pakistani Taliban faction claims Easter park bombing

Ahsanullah Ahsan, spokesman for Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, told the Associated Press that a suicide bomber with the faction deliberately targeted the Christian…

March 27, 2016

Nation & World

IS suffers blows in Iraq, Syria but still launches attacks

In this undated file photo released online in the summer of 2014 on a militant social media account, which has…

March 20, 2016

Nation & World

Moscow’s drawdown in Syria sends a strong message to Assad

urges Assad to work harder toward peace

March 15, 2016

Nation & World

Turkey launches airstrikes after deadly Ankara bombing

Members of Cermik family attend the funeral processions for three members of their family killed in Sunday's explosion in Ankara,…

March 14, 2016

Nation & World

A look at how the Syrian conflict has changed the world

Rise of islamic state It was in the vacuum of the deteriorating Syrian conflict that a little-known and terrifically violent…

March 12, 2016

Nation & World

4 hurt in shooting at Ohio school; suspect in custody

Two other Madison Local Schools students were injured in another way. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening, said…

February 29, 2016

Nation & World

Airstrike destroys MSF-supported hospital in northern Syria

In the neighboring Aleppo province, a missile struck a children’s hospital in the town of Azaz, killing at least five…

February 14, 2016

Nation & World

In shattered Ramadi, a test of Iraqi unity

‘totally destroyed’ from years of war

January 16, 2016

Nation & World

Six U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan

U.S. Army soldiers stand with Afghan policemen before a joint patrol of Qalanderkhail, outside of Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan.…

December 21, 2015